Let's Move Cincinnati is Saturday
Supporters say they hope an event Saturday morning on the city's riverfront will help promote a healthy, active lifestyle. Council Member P.G. Sittenfeld is partnering with city departments, businesses...
View ArticleSittenfeld will not run for Cincinnati Mayor
Cincinnati Council Member P.G. Sittenfeld is not going to run for Mayor next year. Sittenfeld said this morning he'll seek another term on Council during the 2013 election. He said many friends and...
View Article"Beyond Civility" features Sittenfeld and Wilson
A discussion with Democratic Cincinnati council member P.G. Sittenfeld and Cincinnati Tea Party founder Mike Wilson will be featured at the second of four events sponsored by Beyond Civility, an...
View ArticleCincinnati will speed demolition near schools, family zones
Cincinnati will be speeding up the demolition of condemned buildings within 1,000 feet of schools or areas with a large number of families with children. Council Member P.G. Sittenfeld has been...
View ArticleLaw would change smoke detectors for Cincy rentals
Cincinnati Council could soon pass an ordinance requiring most city landlords to replace the smoke detectors in their rental units. Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls and Council Member P.G. Sittenfeld are...
View ArticleSittenfeld begins effort to restore state funding cuts
Cincinnati City Council member P.G. Sittenfeld - joined by elected officials from several of Ohio's major cities - has created a web site to drum up public support to restore all of the the nearly $3...
View ArticleCleaning up blighted Cincinnati properties
Cincinnati Council Member P.G. Sittenfeld is continuing his push to fight blight in the city's neighborhoods. He held a press conference Tuesday morning to discuss his latest plan.“The Restoring Our...
View ArticleMayor crushes Sittenfeld's parking lease repeal
Mayor Mark Mallory used some parliamentary wrangling at Wednesday's Cincinnati Council meeting to successfully knock down an attempt to repeal the city's controversial parking lease agreement.Council...
View ArticleThe Mayor's the top dog, but can be overruled
We learned something about Cincinnati City Council this week.The mayor is not the absolute monarch inside city council chambers.Except, that is, when he is.Since December 2001, Cincinnati has had a...
View ArticleCincy Council reduces meeting schedule for rest of year
Cincinnati Council Members will have some extra time to campaign for re-election this fall. The group voted Wednesday to cancel half of its scheduled meetings for the rest of the term which ends on...
View ArticleCranley fundraising outpaces Qualls
John Cranley has a fundraising edge over Roxanne Qualls in the Cincinnati mayor’s race, according to campaign finance reports filed Wednesday.Cranley, a former Cincinnati City Council member, had...
View ArticleCincy Council candidates have petition problems
At least two Cincinnati Council candidates have problems with the petitions they filed with the Hamilton County Board of Elections.Board officials confirmed there were technical problems with petitions...
View ArticleHoward Wilkinson talks about JobsOhio and Cincinnati's Council race
This week WVXU's political reporter Howard Wilkinson talks about the latest controversy with JobsOhio and what it could mean to Governor Kasich's reelection chances. He also looks at the Cincinnati...
View ArticleCincinnati's foreclosed property registration program could expand
A Cincinnati Council Member wants to expand a pilot program that requires banks to register their foreclosed properties with the city. Right now it's being used in East and West Price Hill, Westwood,...
View ArticleDemocrats blast Portman for signing Iran letter, but he's unapologetic
It’s hard to say for certain at this point, but Ohio’s junior U.S. Senator, Rob Portman, may have given the Democrats who want to take his job away from him in next year’s election a campaign...
View ArticleHoward Wilkinson's Monday politics chat: Portman and Iran letter
WVXU politics reporter Howard Wilkinson talked with news director Maryanne Zeleznik this morning about the fall-out from Sen. Rob Portman joining 46 other GOP senators in signing a letter to the...
View ArticleSittenfeld talks a lot about Portman, but Strickland's his immediate problem
There must be a lot of Democratic Party leaders around Ohio scratching their heads lately.Why, they must be asking themselves, is P.G. Sittenfeld, the 30-year-old Cincinnati councilman who announced...
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